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August 21, 2012

Lester Kronfeld, Brooklyn Retail Pioneer, Dead at 87

More than 1,000 people attended services on Sunday in Woodbury, Long Island, N.Y., including about 200 Lester’s employees, said his nephew, Barry Cohen.

By David Lipke

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Lester Kronfeld, founder of the Lester’s specialty stores in New York and New Jersey, died Saturday at age 87 of natural causes.

Kronfeld and his wife of 65 years, Lillian, who survives...

Lester Kronfeld, Brooklyn Retail Pioneer, Dead at 87

More than 1,000 people attended services on Sunday in Woodbury, Long Island, N.Y., including about 200 Lester’s employees, said his nephew, Barry Cohen.

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